Vocab
DNA is wrapped around these in order to make it more compact in the nucleus.
What are histones and nucleosomes?
Organelle responsible for making energy.
What is the mitochondria?
The process by which cells divide after copying their DNA.
What is cell division?
The membrane that covers the nucleus is known as this.
What is the nuclear envelope/membrane?
RNA that is transcribed in order to make protein
What is mRNA?
The basic unit of all life.
What is a cell?
Organelle made of a phospholipid bilayer meant to separate the contents of the cell from the extracellular fluid.
What is the cell membrane?
The process by which DNA is copied.
What is DNA replication?
The holes in the nucleus that allow for RNA to leave are known as these.
What are nuclear pores?
RNA that is used to transfer amino acids to ribosomes for protein synthesis.
What is tRNA?
The theory that states all living things are made of cells.
What is cell theory?
The structural system of the cell made of different types of proteins.
What is the cytoskeleton?
The process by which cells become specialized to perform a specific function.
What is differentiation?
The part of DNA that codes a certain protein that gives us certain traits.
RNA that is used in ribosomes for building the protein.
What is rRNA?
Disease caused by abnormal growth and division of cells.
What is cancer?
This organelle is responsible for the packaging of proteins and hormones produced by the cell.
What is the Golgi Apparatus?
The process by which cells produce energy in the mitochondria
What is cellular respiration?
Information stored in the form of DNA triplets in the nucleus.
What is genetic code?
RNA found in the tRNA that allows it to bond to the mRNA
What is an anticodon?
This is the result of abnormal growth and division of cells. can be benign or malignant.
What is a tumor?
The organelles responsible for building and storing proteins, lipids and sugars.
What is the Endoplasmic Reticulum/ER?
The process by which cells program themselves to die if they are too damaged to heal.
What is Apoptosis?
The formal name of the DNA wrapped around histones and nucleosomes.
What is a chromosome?
Protein responsible for Transcribing DNA into RNA.
What is RNA Polymerase?